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Ivan Turgenev

Born

in Oryol, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire

November 09, 1818

Died

September 03, 1883

Genre

Literature & Fiction

Influences

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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (Cyrillic: Иван Сергеевич Тургенев) was a novelist, poet, and dramatist, and now ranks as one of the towering figures of Russian literature. His major works include the short-story collection A Sportsman’s Sketches (1852) and the novels Rudin (1856), Home of the Gentry (1859), On the Eve (1860), and Fathers and Sons (1862).

These works offer realistic, affectionate portrayals of the Russian peasantry and penetrating studies of the Russian intelligentsia who were attempting to move the country into a new age. His masterpiece, Fathers and Sons, is considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.

Turgenev was a contemporary with Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy. While these wrote about church and reli ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 199,379 ratings · 13,612 reviews · 1,825 distinct works • Similar authors

	Fathers and Sons really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 101,784 ratings — published 1862 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Love by Ivan Turgenev, Constance Garnett (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 25,388 ratings — published 1860 — 189 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mumu 3.78 avg rating — 11,126 ratings — published 1852 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sketches from a Hunter's Album 3.96 avg rating — 9,103 ratings — published 1852 — 738 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spring Torrents 3.95 avg rating — 5,802 ratings — published 1872 — 657 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home of the Gentry 3.92 avg rating — 5,637 ratings — published 1859 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rudin 3.78 avg rating — 4,758 ratings — published 1856 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diary of a Superfluous Man by Ivan Turgenev, David Patterson (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 4,309 ratings — published 1850 — 129 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Eve 3.83 avg rating — 4,178 ratings — published 1860 — 281 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asya 3.96 avg rating — 3,834 ratings — published 1858 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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ايفان تورغينيف : المؤلفات المختارة فى 5 مجلدات (1 book)
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ايفان تورغينيف : المؤلفات المختارة فى 5 مجلدات (1 book)
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Ivan Turgenev,

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Villette by Charlotte Brontë 1853, 573 pages

60 votes, 20.5%

The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper 1826, 410 pages

42 votes, 14.3%

Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev 1862, 244 pages

37 votes, 12.6%

Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol 1842, 512 pages

31 votes, 10.6%

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle 1883, 400 pages

28 votes, 9.6%

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26 votes, 8.9%

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774, 149 pages

25 votes, 8.5%

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19 votes, 6.5%

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne 1767, 784 pages

10 votes, 3.4%

Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf 1891, 368 pages

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6 votes, 2.0%

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